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ST-00CAD to GIS

From CAD drawing to a GIS layer you can trust

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CADabra takes Israeli statutory plans (MABAT) and AS-MADE surveys as DWG or DXF, converts them into GIS layers, checks topology and spec compliance, writes a quality report and publishes to your organization's ArcGIS Online. A CAD layer it doesn't recognise waits for your decision instead of a guess.

Book a demo How it works
CRS
EPSG:2039 · ITM
Origin
E 224,600 · N 668,182
Status
Live

ST-01

CadToGis

ST-02 The problem

Drawings arrive as DWG. GIS needs layers.

Statutory plans and contractors' AS-MADE surveys arrive as AutoCAD files. Converting them to GIS by hand takes days, depends on one person, and the quality checks get lost along the way: lines that never close into polygons, layers with unexpected names, Hebrew text that turns into garbage, and a coordinate system nobody verified.

ST-03 Two modules

MABAT and AS-MADE

  • 01/02 Statutory planning

    MABAT

    CAD ingestion for statutory plans, spatial joins, topology QC, plan-boundary (GVUL) creation, lot-number (CELLNO) refresh, a bulk editor, reports, an attribute table, and distance, area and angle measuring.

  • 02/02 As-built surveys

    AS-MADE

    Survey DWG/DXF to GIS under the Israeli national mapping spec 2.1: a conversion class per feature (to spec, estimated or not converted), a fixed set of point, line and polygon layers in ArcGIS Online with Hebrew domains and spec symbology, a CAD view, a quality grade and heights.

ST-04 What CADabra does

From the file to a published layer

  1. 06 Trees 799 trees
  2. 05 Signs 158 signs · 1,134 furniture
  3. 04 Utilities 166 segments · 62 nodes
  4. 03 Buildings 385 footprints
  5. 02 Parcels 428 polygons · kerbs
  6. 01 Orthophoto GSD 10 cm · 500 × 500 m

  • DWG, DXF or ZIP

    Upload single files or a bundle. DWG files are read with LibreDWG.

  • Coordinate system

    Detects the Israeli Transverse Mercator grid (ITM, EPSG:2039) and transforms between ITM and WGS84 using the Survey of Israel 108021 transformation.

  • Hebrew text from legacy drawings

    Recovers Hebrew text in DOS and Windows encodings, keyboard fonts and MTEXT.

  • Unknown layers

    A CAD layer that isn't in the mapping dictionary is never converted silently. It waits for a decision, with a suggested family.

  • Quality report

    An HTML or PDF report, in Hebrew or English, with a quality grade and maps.

  • Open-format export

    GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML, File GDB and GeoPackage in a single ZIP.

  • Publish to ArcGIS Online

    Publishes to your organization after checking the user's privileges. CADabra never deletes ArcGIS Online items.

  • Sharing

    Share a work session with users in your organization for viewing or editing, plus share links.

  • Organization management

    Organizations, groups, module access, quotas, a geofence per organization and usage screens.

  • Security

    Two-step verification with recovery codes, sign-in through your organization's identity provider (OIDC SSO), an IP allow-list, an audit log, and CAD parsing in an isolated sandbox.

  • Hebrew and English

    A full interface in both languages, right-to-left and left-to-right.

ST-05 How it works

Six stations from drawing to layer

  1. ST-01

    Upload

    A DWG, DXF or ZIP into the MABAT or AS-MADE module.

  2. ST-02

    Read and locate

    The drawing is parsed, Hebrew text is recovered and the coordinate system is detected.

  3. ST-03

    Convert

    Each CAD layer is mapped to a GIS layer through the mapping dictionary. An unknown layer stops for your decision.

  4. ST-04

    Check

    Topology and spec checks, with a conversion class for every feature.

  5. ST-05

    Report

    A quality report with a grade and maps, in Hebrew or English.

  6. ST-06

    Export or publish

    A ZIP in open formats, or direct publishing to your organization's ArcGIS Online.

ST-06 From a real demo

Sample AS-MADE drawing M652

The result for one demo drawing. Every drawing is different, which is why the report shows the result for your file.

  • 99.5%
    of the data entities in the drawing identified
  • A quality grade in the report

ST-07 Who it's for

For anyone who receives drawings and needs layers

  • 01/04

    Municipal engineering and planning

    Bring contractors' AS-MADE files and statutory plans into the authority's layers.

  • 02/04

    Regional councils and planning committees

    Pre-check plans, keep plan boundaries and lot numbers current.

  • 03/04

    Water and sewage corporations

    As-built surveys that land in spec-compliant GIS layers, with a quality report.

  • 04/04

    Survey and planning offices

    Check the deliverable before it goes to the client, and export in whatever format they ask for.

ST-08 Use cases

Where CADabra replaces manual work

  • 01/04

    Contractor AS-MADE into infrastructure layers

    The survey is converted to spec and lands in the fixed point, line and polygon layers in ArcGIS Online, with Hebrew domains.

  • 02/04

    Pre-checking a plan

    Topology QC and a report before the plan moves on, so issues get fixed in-house rather than after review comments.

  • 03/04

    Plan boundaries and lot numbers

    Create the plan boundary and refresh lot numbers straight from the drawing.

  • 04/04

    Legacy drawings with Hebrew

    Files saved in old encodings open with readable Hebrew text.

ST-09 Integrations and formats

CAD in, open formats out

ST-10 Status

Live in production

CADabra runs as a production release at cadabra.city, behind sign-in. Work with the first customers runs as a pilot, and the platform ships in regular releases.

ST-11 FAQ

Questions and answers

What is CADabra?

CADabra is browser-based software that turns AutoCAD plans and AS-MADE surveys into clean, validated GIS layers. It checks topology and spec compliance, writes a quality report, exports to open formats and publishes to your organization's ArcGIS Online. It has two modules: MABAT and AS-MADE.

Which files can I upload?

DWG and DXF files, individually or bundled in a ZIP.

Is the conversion fully automatic?

No, by design. Layers in the mapping dictionary convert on their own. An unknown layer waits for the user's decision, with a suggested family, and every feature gets a conversion class that shows up in the report.

What's the difference between the MABAT and AS-MADE modules?

MABAT is for statutory plans: spatial joins, topology QC, plan boundaries and lot numbers. AS-MADE is for as-built surveys: conversion under the national mapping spec 2.1 into a fixed set of three layers in ArcGIS Online, with a quality grade.

Where can the result go?

To GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML, File GDB and GeoPackage in one ZIP, or straight to your organization's ArcGIS Online.

Can CADabra delete anything in our ArcGIS Online?

No. CADabra checks the user's privileges first, publishes items, and never deletes ArcGIS Online items.

How is our data secured?

Two-step verification with recovery codes, sign-in through your organization's identity provider (OIDC SSO), a per-organization IP allow-list, an audit log, and CAD parsing in an isolated sandbox.

Does the output replace a licensed surveyor or the planning authority?

No. CADabra converts and checks data and produces a report that helps you fix issues early. Professional responsibility and statutory approval stay with the surveyor, the planner and the planning authority.

ST-12

Got a drawing waiting to be converted?

In a demo we'll run a drawing, walk through the checks and the quality report, and show the layers arriving in ArcGIS Online.